Mill worker, Willie Arkenthwaite, suddenly, and by his own doing, becomes treasurer of the Murgatroyd's Mill Christmas club. Being rude, crude & terribly rude, how will this docile and inarticulate man accomplish this? With his friends, workmates and many comical mishaps along the way, that's how.

On the moors, lies Danny Cowan’s corpse in a farmhouse ruin. A gash on his head suggests the notorious drunk fell, but Lucy Owens, who found the body, believes he was murdered, but the odds of her catching a killer seem slim, especially when the locals view her as the main suspect.

Johnny Jordan is a lovable psychic entertainer, wowing audiences whilst boosting his own ever growing ego! When a grieving family contact him to speak with their murdered loved one from beyond the grave he can’t help but get involved. Way over his head lacking any psychic ability and facing the biggest performance of his career, he wades in believing he can solve the murder, putting him in danger.